date:Jan 28, 2013
damage to American consumers love affair with tomatoes, he said.
This is like playing Russian roulette with Americas pocketbook, Jungmeyer added.
Tomatoes are the No. 1 Vegetable. Tomatoes recently became the No. 1 purchased fresh vegetable in the U.S., according to Fresh Trends consumer data. Mexican growers supply over 3 billion pounds of popular tomato varieties annually to U.S. distributors and wholesalers that in turn supply supermarkets and restaurants. The greenhouse and field-grown Me